On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 08:31 +1200, Michael J. Knox wrote: > Stephen Krenzel wrote: > > I agree, but no one is going to give any money as long as Fedora is > > perceived to be backed by Red Hat. I have to admit, Fedora *is* Red > > Hat's baby, just as Ubuntu is Shuttleworth's baby, and OpenSuse is > > Novell's baby. I don't think that a lot of people would donate to any of > > these projects, except for a few exceptions. If OpenSuse started asking > > for money, people would laugh, a similar outcome would result with > > Fedora as well. I'm not sure what kind of resources it would take, but > > getting Red Hat or some other organization to donate a chunk of cash to > > Fedora so that we could give away free CDs ( similar to Ubuntu ) is the > > only way I really see any of these media plans working. Ubuntu set the > > "media distribution" bar high, and we aren't anywhere near it right now. > > I don't think it is reasonable, nor wise, to ask someone to sit on a > > waiting list, especially when they can just go to a different > > distribution's site and be guaranteed a cd in a relatively short period > > of time. We simply are not being competitive enough in this aspect of > > marketing Fedora. This is not to put down the efforts that Fedora has > > made thus far, but until someone finds a way to allow free CDs (or a > > dvd) to be distributed for free upon request, our efforts will be > > compared to Ubuntu's and claimed to be second rate at best. > > -Steve > > [snipped] > > Might a naive question, but why doesn't RedHat offer some backing to > this effort then? > > Michael Shipping media internationally is very cost ineffective. The funds are better put into improving important Free software projects. Rahul -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
